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6120.3300 - Minnesota Administrative Rules Page 9 of 11 A. The shore impact zone for parcels with permitted agricultural land uses is equal to a line parallel to and 50 feet from the ordinary high water level. B. General cultivation farming,grazing,nurseries,horticulture,truck farming, sod farming,and wild crop harvesting are permitted uses if steep slopes and shore and bluff impact zones are maintained in permanent vegetation or operated under an approved conservation plan(Resource Management Systems)consistent with the field office technical guides of the local soil and water conservation districts or the United States Soil Conservation Service. C. Animal feedlots as defined by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, where allowed by zoning district designations,must be reviewed as conditional uses and must meet the following standards: (1) New feedlots must not be located in the shoreland of watercourses or in bluff impact zones and must meet a minimum setback of 300 feet from the ordinary high water level of all public waters basins. (2) Modifications or expansions to existing feedlots that are located within 300 feet of the ordinary high water level or within a bluff impact zone are allowed if they do not further encroach into the existing ordinary high water level setback or encroach on bluff impact zones. (3) A certificate of compliance,interim permit,or animal feedlot permit, when required by parts 7020.0100 to 7020.1900,must be obtained by the owner or operator of an animal feedlot. D. Use of fertilizer,pesticides,or animal wastes within shorelands must be done in such a way as to minimize impact on the shore impact zone or public water by proper application or use of earth or vegetation. Subp.8. Forest management standards. The harvesting of timber and associated reforestation or conversion of forested use to a nonforested use must be conducted consistent with the following standards: A. Timber harvesting and associated reforestation must be conducted consistent with the provisions of the Minnesota Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment-Forestry and the provisions of Water Quality in Forest Management"Best Management Practices in Minnesota." B. If allowed by local governments,forest land conversion to another use requires issuance of a conditional use permit and adherence to the following standards: (1) shore and bluff impact zones must not be intensively cleared of vegetation;and (2) an erosion and sediment control plan is developed and approved by the local soil and water conservation district before issuance of a conditional use permit for the conversion. C. Use of fertilizer,pesticides,or animal wastes within shorelands must be done in such a way as to minimize impact on the shore impact zone or public water by proper application or use of earth or vegetation. Subp.9. Extractive use standards. Processing machinery must be located consistent with setback standards for structures from ordinary high water levels of public waters and from bluffs. An extractive use site development and restoration plan must be developed,approved by the local government,and followed over the course of operation of the site.The plan must address dust,noise,possible pollutant discharges,hours and duration of operation, and anticipated vegetation and topographic alterations.It must also identify actions to be taken during operation to mitigate adverse environmental impacts,particularly erosion, and must clearly explain how the site will be rehabilitated after extractive activities end. Subp. 10. Standards for commercial,industrial,public,and semipublic uses. Surface water-oriented commercial uses and industrial,public,or semipublic uses with similar needs to have access to and use of public waters may be located on parcels or lots with frontage on public waters.Uses without water-oriented needs must be located on lots or parcels without public waters frontage,or,if located on lots or pazcels with public https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=6120.3300 4/22/2014